Chapter 306: Song Of The First Emperor, The Qin Jue (1/2)

Chai Ergou obviously had his reservations about us. ”We’ve already agreed to take your money and let you go,” I said. “Why are you still threatening the girl?”

”No, you have to show for it!” insisted Chai Ergou.

“Oi, Fatso, you think you can step all over us huh?” Xiaotao arched an eyebrow.

Seeing Xiaotao step towards him, Chai Ergou pointed the broken bottle at her. ”Back off! Back off I tell you!” he shouted. “I’m paying you so much money. It’s not a small sum at all! Just because it’s dirty money doesn’t mean it falls from the sky! First, I’ll need you to do three things.”

”Speak then!” Xiaotao impatiently snapped.

”First of all, get the police outside to retreat,” he stated. “Secondly, leave all your bullets and handcuffs behind. And lastly, let me call my men. When they come to pick me up, you must let me go!”

”How can we trust you if you don't trust us?” I scoffed.

He tightened his arm around the woman and haughtily snorted, ”I have always kept my word. As long as you do these three things, I’ll definitely give you the money! You can bet that on my reputation!”

The fatso was on the qui vive, but that was to be expected after spending twenty years in prison.

In an attempt to buy us some time, I pointed to the woman, ”What about her? She’s heard everything. Will you go against your word and kill her so none of this gets out?”

The woman was scared silly, mind and body sluggish with fear. My words seemed to jolt her from her state of stupefaction. ”I didn't hear anything,” she insisted, frenziedly waving her hands. “I won't speak a word about this! Please do as the officer says, I’m begging you!”

”If we suddenly ask them to retreat, it will arouse suspicion,” Xiaotao explained. “It’s better if the three of us leave the place and tell them we didn’t find Long Bangguo. Isn't that more believable?”

”No, no!” Chai Ergou vehemently shook his head. “You police are all deceitful rats! Back then, those officers lied to me, saying I would be shown leniency if I confessed. I gave up more than twenty of my brothers but in the end, I still got life imprisonment!”

While Chai Ergou was distracted, Zhang Jiulin patted me on the shoulder and lowered his voice, ”What a whole lot of trouble! Go close the curtains. I have my means of dealing with him!”

I immediately did as Zhang Jiulin asked, drawing vigilance from Chai Ergou. ”What are you doing?”

”I’m making sure no one sees what we’re doing in here,” I replied.

”My good man! It looks like you’re really going to help me,” Chai Ergou narrowed his eyes in a pleased smile. “Now all that’s left is you two.”

As soon as the curtains were drawn, Zhang Jiulin muttered a spell under his breath. Suddenly, a strong gale swept through the room as the temperature dropped sharply. “What’s going on?!” Chai Ergou’s eyes widened in shock.

Xiaotao and I stood transfixed. Was it hypnosis?

”Aren’t you going to cuff him?” Zhang Jiulin turned to Xiaotao.

Still astonished, Xiaotao mumbled a blank ”oh” and marched over to cuff Chai Ergou, afterwhich she informed Wang Yuanchao of the arrest.

”What did you do to him?” I asked Zhang Jiulin.

”A man died in this room,” he smiled mysteriously.